Contrast media-assisted visualization of brain metastases by kilovoltage cone-beam CT

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 314-317

  Igaki, Hiroshi ^a   Nakagawa, Keiichi ^a   Yamashita, Hideomi ^a   Terahara, Atsuro ^a   Haga, Akihiro ^a   Shiraishi, Kenshiro ^a   Sasano, Nakashi ^a   Yamamoto, Kentaro ^a   Onoe, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Yoda, Kiyoshi ^c   Ohtomo, Kuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Elekta KK   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 60549095653     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860802310983     Document Type: Letter

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